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Wednesday, August 01, 2012

Coming soon! Book club with the boys (Vintage Children's Classics)

It's something I've been wanting to do for absolutely AGES, starting a family book club with my boys, but it took seeing these amazing new Vintage Classics range at the Random House Children's Books blogger brunch before I managed to get going with it. As you can see, E is quite excited about it. He's chosen Five Children and It by E Nesbit as his first choice. Mostly, I believe, because we've already seen a film adaptation for it and he found it to be quite funny! Look out for joint reviews of these books by both E and myself.

List of books we'll be reading in the very near future, and some of E's initial thoughts:

Five Children and It by E Nesbit - I've watched Five Children and It on the tv, and I liked it. I really like the sand monster. I think it'll be funny and I like funny books. The cover of this book looks exciting.

The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier - This book looks like old and about war. I'm not sure what it's about but I like the sound of swords. I think it would be scary to be on my own like these children.

Emil and the Detectives by Erich Kastner - I like detectives! Maybe there will be a missing bike stolen by an evil burglar? Because there's a bike on the cover? I like trains too, and I'd be excited to take a train on my own but I would be very angry if someone stole from me.

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett - I think, from the cover, a little girl is going to find a garden. The garden looks very old because everything is growing tall, over this house. I think I'll enjoy it because it used to be one of mommy's favourite books growing up.

And if you're interested in the Vintage Classics range, you can check out their catalogue, and also their website, World of Stories, coming soon! You will be seeing a lot more of these books here on the blog and I'm really quite excited to have a more interactive reading experience with my two lovely boys.

I hope you'll enjoy our posts as much as we'll enjoy reading these books and sharing our thoughts with you! Stay tuned, first review coming up very shortly!

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